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Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly Recordthe great cost and effort in production anddistribution will bear fruit to eternity. Thatis what counts in God’s economy. Almostall the Vanuatuand SolomonIslanders whohave come intoHawkes Bay underthe Work Schemehave returnedhome; just a fewremain. Somemen from PapuaNew Guinea havebeen located inthe district andit seems they willcontinue to be withus until September.One commentedthat he had neverheard such aclear gospel, so that encouraged us. Thenit will not be many weeks until Novembercomes round once more, DV, when thefirst influx of Vanuatans arrive at the startof another season. Many of these Islandershave been given Bibles. Some specificallyask for them and some even offer to pay,but it is the ones that desperately want aBible and can’t pay that touch your heart.Now for a little about the Port. A containership on the Japanese/Korean/Chineserun was in Port in June. The Filipino crewon a previous visit were given two Bibles.The Second Officer was so pleased to bein touch again and said they were havingBible readings on the ship on Sundaysusing a Tagalog and a KJV English Bible.The next day we were enabled to get theCaptain off another container vessel tothe Gospel Meeting. The Captain’s run isthe Pacific circle including New Zealand,Container vessel docked in Napier34Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji,etc. He is on the ship four months at a timeand each round trip takes four weeks. Heis from Bangladesh, acountry of 170 millionpeople. We do praythat something in themessage will havetouched his heart and theSpirit of God will bringconviction in his life andultimately salvation. Hehas only one more tripbefore he goes homeafter which he will beposted somewhere elsein the world.Another container vesselvisiting Australia andthe Pacific circle washere in July. Many Fijian crew came out andwere taken to town, offered Bibles, texts,magazines and CDs. All gladly accepted.Two Chinese-crewed log vessels, both onthe China/New Zealand run, were in the 3rdweek of June. A number of crew acceptedChinese Bibles, texts and CDs. It was veryspecial as we had not long received ashipment of Chinese Bibles from Hong Kong.From Morocco, another ship left for Lyttletonand Dunedin (Port Chalmers) after being inport for a few days. It was a fertiliser vesseltransporting rock sulphur, and althoughit was wet, the crew were able to unload.Manned with crew from the Ukraine, wediscovered they could speak and readRussian. The Chief Engineer enquired aftera church of his denomination, but there isnone in the district. He was offered a RussianBible and given a Russian John 3:16 text andthanked us for it. The next night I saw him